Lanvénégen

Lanvénégen ( Breton: Lannejenn ) is a commune with 1220 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the department of Morbihan in the Brittany region. It belongs to the Local Government Association Pays du Roi Morvan.

Geography

Lanvénégen is in the northwest of the department of Morbihan on the border of the Finistère department and is part of the Pays du Roi Morvan.

Neighboring municipalities are Faouët in the northeast, Meslan to the southeast, the location, in the Finistère community Querrien in the south and Guiscriff in the west and northwest.

The village itself is, despite numerous roads which pass through it, somewhat apart from major thoroughfares. A few kilometers east of Lanvénégen leads past the D769 to Saint -Pol-de -Léon to Lorient. The most important national road connecting the N165 to the south.

The most important waters are the rivers Ellé, Inam and NAIC and the streams Elise and St. Antoine. Some of these form the community and the department limit. In the municipality there are several ponds. Terms of area, the largest are the kaolin ponds at Kerhouriou.

Demographics

History

The municipality belongs to the historic region of Brittany Kernev (Fr. Cornwall ) and within this region to region Aven (French as well ) and shares his story. Lanvénégen was from 1793 until its dissolution in 1801 capital of the canton Lanvénégen. Since then, the place is assigned to the Canton Faouët.

Attractions

  • Village church of Saint- Conogan from the 15th and 16th centuries
  • Chapel Saint- Urlo from the 16th century
  • Chapel Saint -Georges from the 16th and 17th centuries
  • Former chapel of Saint- Melaine from the 17th century
  • Fountain Saint- Urlo from the 16th century
  • Castle Saint- Quijeau from the 15th - 18th century
  • Manor house ( or castle ) Rosangat from the 18th century
  • Manor of Lescréant from the 15th century
  • Old mills in La Trinite, Pont- Ledan, Villeneuve, Le Rest and Lescrant

Village church of Saint- Conogan in Lanvénégen

Chapel Saint -Georges

Chapel Saint- Mélaine

The river Ellé

Chapel Saint- Urlo

The river Inam in Lanvénégen

The ponds of the former kaolin works

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